Reasons for the adoption of celibacy among older men and women living with HIV/AIDS

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 189-200

  Siegel, Karolynn ^a,b   Schrimshaw, Eric W ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOPTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIBIDO DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; REINFECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

EID: 0038353699     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224490309552180     Document Type: Article

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